A four-year private education can now cost up to $180,000. While the cost of an education is rising, financial aid for students (Perkins Loans and...
Category - Paying for College
Is Your College Education Worth Huge Financial Debt?
Today’s college education costs A LOT! Most everyone has to borrow something to cover all the expenses. The big question is – When do you...
How Much Financial Aid Can You Get?
To start the process of obtaining financial aid, you have to start with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The earliest you can...
Top 10 Ways to Reduce the Cost of Financial Aid
You’ve run the programs that estimate your FAFSA and Profile contributions and you know you aren’t going to qualify for financial aid at...
9 Financial Aid Questions to Ask Before Choosing a College
Most students look at a variety of factors in choosing a college to which they will apply. Do they cater to my major? I’m interested in distance...
College Investing with 529s Can Be Easy
If you are like most people with children, you know that you should be saving for college. But, the mere thought of investing; choosing the proper...
What Financial Aid Officers Don’t Tell You
You have selected the colleges; now you have to pay for them. But how? In the same way you had to use strategy in the application process, you need...
Financial Aid: Step-by-Step
Congratulations! You have found colleges and/or universities that you would love to attend if admitted. But now the problem you are facing is finding...
What is Financial Aid?
Did you know the cost of a four-year college education is probably the second largest expense you will ever have in your lifetime next to purchasing...
